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- Your Mercedes
- 2002 SL500, 216 CL500, all fully loaded
In this modern age, all of our cars are drawn using CAD. The fit these days, means we get a 3mm gap around all of the panels and doors cpmpaired with 12mm on some BMC products of yesterday.
The same goes for the suspension and drivetrain. if we take the drive train that consist of the engine mounts, through to the prop shaft and rear axle, they were designed to be perfectly in line, and certainly were when the car left the factory. With engine mounts the top stabliser went out with the 124.
Modern engines like the big deisels are very heavy and have a massive torque around 2k RPM under acceleration, this can almost double the weight of the engine on the offside engine mount durring this period and stretch the nearside mount.Once the engine is tilted, more strain is put onto the exaust system and mounts, and strange noises can start to appear. Many recent post have shown that new engine mounts can work wonders with the running of the car. It was not so long ago that they only got changed when they could seen to be deformed or were oil damaged.
Once rubber is exposed to air, it start to deteriorate, kept in an air tight bag it will last for many years. Engine mounts are a cheap and easy job.
One last thought, the deterioration over 200k or 20 years is not noticable on a daily basis.
Malcolm
The same goes for the suspension and drivetrain. if we take the drive train that consist of the engine mounts, through to the prop shaft and rear axle, they were designed to be perfectly in line, and certainly were when the car left the factory. With engine mounts the top stabliser went out with the 124.
Modern engines like the big deisels are very heavy and have a massive torque around 2k RPM under acceleration, this can almost double the weight of the engine on the offside engine mount durring this period and stretch the nearside mount.Once the engine is tilted, more strain is put onto the exaust system and mounts, and strange noises can start to appear. Many recent post have shown that new engine mounts can work wonders with the running of the car. It was not so long ago that they only got changed when they could seen to be deformed or were oil damaged.
Once rubber is exposed to air, it start to deteriorate, kept in an air tight bag it will last for many years. Engine mounts are a cheap and easy job.
One last thought, the deterioration over 200k or 20 years is not noticable on a daily basis.
Malcolm
